Motion To: WHEREAS at its meeting of November 3rd, 2016, the Ottawa Board of Health received a report from the Medical Officer of Health entitled "Status of Alcohol in Ottawa: Let's Continue the Conversation" and also approved the "Strategic Initiative Towards a Culture of Alcohol Moderation" which is a community engagement approach that proposes, among other goals, to raise awareness about the status of alcohol in Ottawa, raise awareness of harms related to alcohol consumption, influence community social norms, and promote healthier communities; and WHEREAS the Recreation, Culture and Facility Services Department is currently reviewing and updating its information package for distribution to event sponsors and organizers who are subject to the City’s Municipal Alcohol Policy, which includes a reference to a document entitled, “Your Planning Guide for Hosting an Event At Which Alcohol Will Be Available" ("Guide"), which provides important information and recommendations to event sp pop-out

Motion To: WHEREAS, at its meeting of November 17, 2016, the Community and Protective Services Committee considered and referred to Council the report entitled “Updates to Municipal Alcohol Policy and Minor Amendments to Applicable By-laws”, and directed staff to report back to Council by November 23, 2016 on a number of items including consultation with the Ottawa Council of BIAs and festival organizers on recommended amendments to the proposed Municipal Alcohol Policy (MAP) to clarify certain provisions of MAP, namely specifying that the Site plans were guidance documents only provided for reference, and further clarifying in the MAP that liquor sales licenses with catering endorsements (other applicable approvals) other than Special Occasion Permits are acceptable; and, WHEREAS, following the Committee meeting, staff of Emergency and Protective Services contacted Ottawa Festivals and the Ottawa Council of BIAs, as well as the Bank St. and ByWard Market BIAs (representatives of t pop-out

Motion To: WHEREAS, at its meeting of November 17, 2016, the Community and Protective Services Committee considered and referred to Council the report entitled “Updates to Municipal Alcohol Policy and Minor Amendments to Applicable By-laws”, and directed staff to report back to Council by November 23, 2016 on a number of items including clarification of the criteria used to declare an event of municipal significance including providing further information on the circumstances under which staff recommends that this authority for smaller-scale events be delegated to staff; and WHEREAS, Staff has proposed in the report that the subset of event applications needing a municipally-significant declaration that would be delegated to staff, would be differentiated from the larger-scale events through the application of criteria to smaller-scale events including: 1. less than 300 people are in attendance; and 2. cannot profit from the sale of alcohol; and 3. must have social, cultural, and/o pop-out

Motion To: WHEREAS on November 8, 2016, Planning Committee recommended amendments to the City’s Comprehensive Zoning By-law for 112 Montreal Road and 314 Gardner Street; and WHEREAS as part of that approval, staff were given direction to work with the applicant to review the locations and setbacks relative to the property lines, the step-backs for the building closest to Montreal Road and to examine opportunities to further shift the frontage of the building on Montreal Road closer to the street-front, to further animate the entrance on this side of the development; and WHEREAS after consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Applicant, the revised schedule reflects further articulation into the front face of the building on Montreal Road, adjustments to buildings setbacks, step-backs and heights in other locations to better incorporate the development with surrounding properties; and WHEREAS these changes are represented in the attached height and yard schedule; and WHEREAS it is pop-out

ITEM: ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT - 135 BARRETTE STREET

Motion

Yes

No

Absent/Recused

Motion To: WHEREAS on November 8, 2016 (Report ACS2016-PIE-PGM-0160) Planning Committee recommended amendments to the City’s Comprehensive Zoning By-law for 135 Barrette Street, as amended; and WHEREAS the Details of the Recommended Zoning in that report contained provisions relating to the lifting of a holding symbol; and WHEREAS a motion was passed by Planning Committee relating to clarifying the provisions for lifting the holding symbol; and WHEREAS staff have identified further amendments related to clarifying these provisions; and WHEREAS staff have identified a numbering inconsistency in the French translation of Document 2; and WHEREAS staff wish to clarify that the permitted uses of the former exception, specifically a commercial parking lot of 10 spaces and townhouse dwellings, are not being brought forward into the new exception, as they are not permitted uses within the Traditional Mainstreet zone; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve the following changes to Docu pop-out

Motion To: WHEREAS the Province has proposed in its OMB Reform consultation paper related to de novo hearings that it might “Require the OMB to review municipal/approval authority decisions on a standard of reasonableness;” and WHEREAS the Province suggests that this approach would meet its goal that the OMB focus on “the validity of the decision under appeal”; and WHEREAS the intent of this approach would be to “give more weight to municipal and provincial decisions by moving the OMB away from de novo hearings;”and WHEREAS the Planning Act already has provisions that do not provide for true de novo hearings by requiring that the OMB must have regard to a decision made by a municipal council/approval authority as it relates to the same planning matter; as well as having regard to any information and material that the municipal council/approval authority considered to arrive at its decision; and WHEREAS there is also a mechanism in the Planning Act to provide an opportunity pop-out

ITEM: MOTIONS OF WHICH NOTICE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY GIVEN

Motion

Yes

No

Absent/Recused

Motion To: WHEREAS on April 24th, 2013, City Council enacted its first Urban Lanes Management Policies in order to provide an “overarching framework” to address all such concerns over these rear lanes; and WHEREAS the Urban Lanes Management Policies did not take into account the fact that these lanes may require maintenance from time-to-time, may cause the City to be exposed to ongoing liability even though they may no longer have any positive municipal use, and yet discourage residential landowners from purchasing same due to the requirement that such lanes be sold at fair market value; and WHEREAS on January 22nd, 2014, City Council passed the following Motion concerning a Pilot Project in Ward 13: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council direct staff to prepare a report on the feasibility of a Pilot Project to offer such rear lanes for sale to abutting residential landowners for a nominal payment where the City has determined that there is no prospect for the lane to serve a public pop-out

Motion To: WHEREAS Council adopted official plan policies and zoning provisions in respect of Coach Houses on October 26, 2016; and WHEREAS the decision of Council included the following direction for further study; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Staff be directed to further investigate mechanisms through which any or all of the following may be achieved: (a) The possibility of waiving the site plan control requirement while still ensuring that the provision of private services for a coach house in the rural area can take place in full compliance with all safety regulations and Provincial Policy Statement directions on water quality and quantity; (b) The possibility of waiving the requirement for hydro-geological studies, or accepting lower-cost versions of such studies, to demonstrate the suitability of private services; and THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the findings be brought back to Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee by the second quarter of 2017. WHEREAS a review of th pop-out

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